Absorb, Minimize, or Cheat: How Businesses Are Handling Tariffs

Welch gathers Vermont businesses at Orvis to discuss tariffs

Vermont Senator Peter Welch met with various small and mid-size Vermont businesses Wednesday at the Orvis facility in Manchester to listen and discuss the real-world ramifications of the on-again-off-again Trump tariffs and the profound effect throughout the state.

From kilns to Capitol Hill: A Phoenix artist’s mission to advocate for small business in Washington

Warren Norgaard When I walked into the Senate office buildings in Washington, D.C. last week, I was acutely aware of how far I was from the warmth of my studio and the familiar hum of the kiln. I had come to represent Arizona’s creative and small business community — not just to speak for myself, but for the countless artists, educators, and entrepreneurs working behind the scenes to build something meaningful in a world that often makes it hard…

Absorb, Minimize, or Cheat: How Businesses Are Handling Tariffs

Some companies are eating the added costs, most are passing them on to customers, and others are using both legal and illicit methods to lower their import taxes.